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DEFINITION, PURPOSE

What is A PROCEDURAL RECOUNT?

A procedural recount details, in sequential order, the steps that have
been taken to achieve a goal. It is written after the procedure has
been completed. The purpose of a procedural recount is to retell the
steps that have led to something happening.

Examples of procedural recount texts include:

• writing up a science experiment
• show something was made
• show something was fixed
• show how one moved from A to B
LINGUISTIC FEATURES
Features of A PROCEDURAL RECOUNT

Constructing a procedural recount

A procedural recount usually has an introductory statement outlining

the goal of the procedure, followed by a list of the materials that were
used. The final section is a sequence of steps, in the order in which
they carried out. The procedural recount may include explanation as to
why each step was necessary.

Grammatical features of a procedural recount

Procedural recounts usually include the following grammatical features:
• verbs in the past tense.
• time words or numbers that show the order in which the order was
undertaken.
• adverbs that tell how the actions were carried out.
GENERIC STRUCTURE

The PROCEDURAL RECOUNT scaffold

1 An introductory statement telling what was achieved

• This may be the title of the text.
• This may be an introductory paragraph.
2 Materials used to complete the procedure
• This may be a list.
• This may be a paragraph.
• This step may be left out in some procedural recounts.
3 A sequence of steps in the order in which they were carried out
• Numbers can be used
• The order is important.
• Verbs shown in the past tense (for example, was added, was pushed, was stirred).
EXAMPLE AND ANALYSIS

1. PROVIDE THE TEXT

2. ANALYZE IT IN BY:
1. SHOWING THE LINGUISTIC
FEATURES AND GENERIC
STRUCTURE
2. FINDING THE TOPIC, MAIN
IDEA, AND TOPIC SENTENCE
3. INFERRING THE MAIN
INFORMATION FOUND IN THE
TEXT
 EXAMPLE AND ANALYSIS
Model of a procedural RECOUNT
Grammatical
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Structures
How I made invisible ink features

INTRODUCTORY
STATEMENT
I successfully made invisible ink using a lemon, ADVERBS
TELLING WHAT a bamboo skewer, a piece of sketching paper, SHOWING
ORDER
WAS ACHIEVED and a cigarette lighter.
Firstly, I squeezed the juice from the
lemon. Next, I dipped the bamboo skewer into
SEQUENCE OF the juice and wrote on the paper. VERBS
IN
STEPS, RETOLD When the juice was dry it could not be THE
IN THE ORDER
seen. To reveal the writing, I held the flame of PAST TENSE
THEY OCCURRED
the cigarette lighter under the paper. The heat
caused the juice to turn brown and made the
message visible.